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Davidson, Dan E. – Russian Language Journal, 1982
A variety of methods for testing students' Russian language proficiency before, during, and after study in the Soviet Union are compared and discussed, including U.S. government-developed and other standardized examinations, interviews versus written methods, pretests-posttests, and testing emphases and problems. (MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Eligibility, Foreign Countries, Interviews

Kempe, Vera; MacWhinney, Brian – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1996
Examines a task that can be applied in a uniform fashion across different languages to compare levels of vocabulary development in foreign-language learning. Results indicate that the lexical decision task can be a useful tool for the assessment and cross-linguistic comparison of lexical development in foreign-language learning. (37 references)…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, English

Chamot, Anna Uhl – Foreign Language Annals, 1993
Describes a study that is investigating the teaching of learning strategies to high school and college students enrolled in beginning level Japanese classes and high school students in beginning level Russian and Spanish classes. Learning strategy instructional materials correlated to each curriculum were implemented by participating teachers, and…
Descriptors: College Students, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education
Rouillard, Remy – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2005
The development of the Russian intelligentsia is closely related to discourses concerning Russia's position vis-a-vis Europe and the Western world, such as those of Slavophiles and Westernisers. This paper is about Russian authors and painters who are now becoming part of Europe, as the country in which they live, Estonia, has recently entered the…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Official Languages, Foreign Countries, Russian
Pavlenko, Aneta – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2003
The focus of the present paper is on the relationship between national identities and foreign-language education policies and practices. The paper examines this relationship through a juxtaposition of three sociohistoric contexts in which sociopolitical events led to major changes in foreign-language education: post-World War I United States,…
Descriptors: Patriotism, Second Language Learning, War, Foreign Countries
Moeller, Adeiline J., Ed.; Theiler, Janine, Ed.; Betta, Silvia, Ed. – Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 2008
The 2008 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a joint conference with the Michigan World Language Association, focused on learning about the diverse backgrounds and needs of today's students and discovering new ways to help them succeed in reaching the goal of language proficiency. A wide variety of workshops and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, French
Zsiray, Stephen W., Jr.; And Others – 1995
In Utah, the statewide distance education network (EdNet) enables students from five rural and suburban high schools to learn Russian and earn college credits. Courses in Russian are offered through a partnership involving the Cache County School District, Utah State University, and the Utah State Office of Education. Classes are taught on one…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Distance Education, Educational Practices, High School Students
Strobykina, Irina; Fomenko, Nataliya – 1996
This Peace Corps volunteer language training manual is based on the experience of two pre-service trainings and was guided by the Peace Corps language training curriculum. The learning approach is competency-based or topic-oriented to provide survival competencies. Three main sections review phonetics, topics for discussion, and practical grammar…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries
Draper, Jamie B. – 1991
Results of a national survey on foreign language enrollments in United States public secondary schools are summarized. Aggregate data are provided for fall 1989, and more detailed data are included for fall 1990. Data indicate a 4.5% increase in secondary school language enrollments nationally since 1985. The increase for high schools alone was…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Enrollment Rate, Enrollment Trends, French
Chamot, Anna Uhl; And Others – 1990
This resource guide is designed to provide foreign language teachers with suggestions for helping students learn how to become better language learners. The five chapters of the guide for teaching writing skills are as follows: (1) Teaching Learning Strategies (e.g., rationale for teaching, types, useful strategies, guidelines, instructional…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, French, Guidelines, High Schools
Dunatov, Rasio, Ed. – 1976
This volume contains six workshop papers, each of which deals with one or more aspects of communicative competence. These papers are primarily reports of certain techniques which have been found successful for teaching and testing the ability to communicate in a foreign language. "Communicative Competence: Safety Tips for Riders on the Latest…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communicative Competence (Languages), Conference Reports, Cultural Education
Cox, Carole – 1975
This article consists of an annotated bibliography of films chosen according to two criteria: the films respect basic principles of film art, and they touch in some way on a foreign language or culture and respect that language and culture. The filmography is designed to be used by foreign language teachers at all levels, and includes French,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Filmographies
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
The New York City Russian Bilingual Program operated in three public and eight private secondary schools and served 740 students from families that immigrated from the Soviet Union. The program offered instruction in English as a Second Language, native language arts, and bilingual instruction in academic subjects. Program participants were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Criterion Referenced Tests
STARR, WILMARTH H. – 1962
THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE MODERN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION (MLA) FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TESTS FOR TEACHERS AND ADVANCED STUDENTS ARE THE SUBJECTS OF THIS FINAL PROJECT REPORT. FOLLOWING AN ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS THAT LED TO THE AWARDING OF A GOVERNMENT CONTRACT TO MLA TO DEVELOP NATIONALLY STANDARDIZED QUALIFICATION TESTS AND A…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, French, German, Italian
SALTZMAN, IRVING J. – 1964
A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMED COURSE IN RUSSIAN WAS CONSTRUCTED. FIFTEEN THOUSAND PRINTED FRAMES AND 306 TAPES WERE PREPARED FOR USE BY HIGH SCHOOL OR FIRST-SEMESTER COLLEGE STUDENTS. THE MATERIALS WERE USED TO (1) PROVIDE A RESEARCH TOOL FOR STUDYING SECOND LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION AND (2) YIELD INFORMATIO ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Aids, Autoinstructional Aids, College Students